Caroline Little: Two American institutions are leading remarkable evolutions

10:18 PM,
Apr. 15, 2014

Caroline Little

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Caroline

Few aspects of American life are the same today as they were 100 years ago. Two of them are newspapers and baseball.

For the duration of baseball's history, fans have turned to their local newspaper to keep tabs on their favorite teams and players. This has remained unchanged and continues today, as newspapers deliver special sections to preview the upcoming season, post daily box scores and deluge fans with coverage on a daily basis.

But baseball and newspapers have more in common than merely being a part of everyday American life. For both institutions, the reports of their demise have been ...